Gunners clinch FA and League Cup double | Graham's Glory Years | History | Arsenal.com Andy Linighan scores the winner in the 1993 FA Cup Final Gunners clinch FA and League Cup double George Graham led Arsenal to an unprecedented domestic Cup double in 1993 - thanks in no small part to a couple of unlikely heroes. Stephen Morrow's goal saw off Sheffield Wednesday in the Coca Cola Cup Final and, when the Yorkshire club came back for more in the FA Cup Final, Andy Linighan's last-gasp header compounded their Wembley woes in a rain-soaked replay. In April, Morrow's moment of glory was followed by a rather longer period of pain. The Irishman slammed in a low drive to clinch the League Cup after Paul Merson had matched John Harkes' opener, and the celebrations began in earnest when the final whistle blew at Wembley. Linighan was a worthy matchwinner having played on with a broken nose after a dangerous first-half challenge from Wednesday striker Mark Bright. His late header was the most precious of the eight goals Linighan scored in 156 appearances for Arsenal.

Unfortunately, Tony Adams' attempt to lift Morrow into the air ended with a heavy landing for the matchwinner, a broken arm and his early exit from the pitch on a stretcher. Arsenal's lap of honour was completed without the hero of the hour but Morrow was back at Wembley in May to receive his League Cup medal before the FA Cup Final. Now it was Linighan's turn in the spotlight although both sets of fans - not to mention millions around the world - had to sit through two dreary contests before the centre back's coup de grace. Arsenal, having beaten Yeovil, Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and - most memorably - Tottenham en route to the Final, took the lead thanks to Ian Wright's precise downward header. Wednesday hit back and David Hirst forced a replay. It was by no means a classic and the replay wasn't much better. Wright again gave Arsenal a first-half advantage, slipping the ball past Chris Woods after Alan Smith's flick had sent the striker through on goal. Once again Wednesday rallied and a deflected equaliser from Chris Waddle forced extra time for the second time in five days.

The longest ever FA Cup Final looked certain to become the first decided by a penalty shoot-out, but Linighan had other ideas. He met Merson's last-minute corner with a firm header and Woods could only palm the ball up into the air and over the line. The Cup was Arsenal's for the sixth time. Linighan was a worthy matchwinner having played on with a broken nose after a dangerous first-half challenge from Wednesday striker Mark Bright. His late header was the most precious of the eight goals Linighan scored in 156 appearances for Arsenal. The replay, staged on a Thursday night, was notable for a number of reasons. It attracted the smallest crowd (62,267) for an FA Cup Final at Wembley. The kick-off was delayed by half-an-hour because an accident on the M1; the first time a Wembley kick-off had been delayed since the 'White Horse' Final in 1923. David O'Leary, who still holds the record for the most Arsenal appearances, played his final game for the Club. And shortly before Linighan's intervention, Smith received the only yellow card of his professional career.

A Day In Time - May 20, 1993 Flash Player is required Football: The forgotten story of ... the 1993-94 FA Cup | Football | The Guardian The forgotten story of ... the 1993-94 FA Cup There were giantkillings galore in one of the greatest Cup seasons of the modern era John Hartson and Luton celebrate against Newcastle. Photograph: Anton Want/Getty Images Wednesday 14 January 2009 08.40 EST First published on Wednesday 14 January 2009 08.40 EST Share on Messenger Close A league campaign is like a good album: a meandering story told in a number of parts. A cup campaign is different. All we usually remember are the singles: the two or three killer moments that stand out among the disposable filler. The FA Cup has the mother of all greatest hits packages, but we tend not to remember the individual albums. Many fans, for example, would struggle to name another truly noteworthy incident from Ronnie Radford's season ; some won't even know what season it was. Some exceptions inevitably prove the rule.

Many will recall the FA Cups of 1989-90 and 2007-08; a less remembered classic was the season of 1993-94 . Not so much for the defining triumph of arguably Sir Alex Ferguson's greatest side — their presence in post-match interviews, television studios or, since December, dole queues provides a constant reminder — but for the early rounds, in which giantkilling became a delicious norm. Only seven of the last 16 were Premiership sides; one, Kidderminster Harriers, weren't even a Football League side. More striking still, seven of the top 10 in that season's Premiership went out to lower-division sides, an unprecedented uprising even in this most famously anarchic of competitions. Overall, 12 of the 22 top-flight sides met the same fate. Of those 12, nine went out in replays, giving a glorious lie to the received wisdom that there are no second chances for minnows; and of those nine replays, six were on a Premiership patch. As Goliath lurched this way and that, David had the steady hand of a darts player after his ninth pint of Range Finder.

This, too, in days when the FA Cup actually meant something, man: Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Tony Adams, Robbie Fowler, Peter Beardsley and others all played when their sides went out. Whereas last season's upsets felt almost like sightings of Halley's Comet, the 1993-94 season was more like the annual onset of winter: these shocks came once a year, and the extremity of this particular FA Cup winter only stretched credibility ever so slightly. In those days, English football was a splendidly healthy competition. It is unthinkable and impossible now but, between 1990 and 1995, a promoted side finished in the top four of the top division every single season (Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, since you didn't ask). Not that, in 1993-94, the Premiership sides fell to the elite of the Endsleigh League. Wolves were the highest-placed side to author one of those 12 upsets, and they only finished eighth in Division One . Five of the 12 went to Bolton and Luton, who excelled in the Cup despite decidedly modest league campaigns.

Bruce Rioch's Bolton were gifted loose cannons, with two apparent stars of the future in Jason McAteer and Alan Stubbs and a diminutive balding whippet of a winger in David Lee: they had won at Anfield in the previous season's FA Cup and would reach the League Cup final and win promotion the following season. Luton, under David Pleat, had an almost computer-game mix of young legs and old heads: of the 13 who beat Newcastle in the fourth round , nine were 24 or under and the other four in their thirties, including Alan Harper and the late David Preece , a player whose almost genteel class symbolised this hugely likeable team. The giantkilling fun had started, of course, on third-round day , when second division Stockport gave a streetwise QPR side such a chastening chasing that Ray Wilkins broke two habits of a lifetime by a) running and b) losing his rag, tearing after the referee as if he was about to Tango-slap him in the aftermath of Stockport's controversial equaliser. Stockport went on to win 2-1 thanks to a storming volley from Andy Preece . The margin of victory should have been more emphatic.

It was seriously grim up north that day and, in truth, Rangers didn't fancy it. Southampton, enduring the last days of Ian Branfoot before a joyous 18 months under Alan Ball, drew at home to Port Vale the same day – Branfoot left that week – and would go out in a replay that was most memorable for an over-the-ball challenge from Tommy Widdrington so dripping with ineptitude and ill-judged ill-will that it's impossible not to laugh illicitly when you see it. Which, if you're lucky enough to have the VHS of Angus Deayton's One Foot In The Groin nestling in the attic, you can do on a regular basis. (It's in the worst tackle of all-time bit, sandwiched between a few dozen Sounessian demonstrations of what a difference a split-second can make.) In the meantime, on the Sunday of third-round weekend, Mark Hughes, after scoring a quite sublime winner for Manchester United , had been sent off for booting Sheffield United's David Tuttle up the arse with rare fury, because Tuttle had ... actually he hadn't done anything, which made it even funnier.

Everton got an even more painful toe up the derriere 10 days later. Having gone 2-0 up at home to Bolton in their third-round replay to continue their good start under Mike Walker (no, really), they went down 3-2 in extra-time. On the same night Liverpool drew their rearranged tie 1-1 away to Bristol City , with Wayne Allison equalising a goal from Ian Rush ( the original game had been abandoned due to a floodlight failure with the score at 1-1, with Wayne Allison equalising a goal from Ian etc), but six days later they were dumped out on their own patch as well, with Brian Tinnion expertly curling the only goal of a thoroughly merited victory that finally persuaded Graeme Souness to remove the tin hat from his head and accept that his time at Liverpool was up. Tinnion subsequently received a number of thank-you letters from Liverpool fans. If all that was tasty enough, the fourth round had enough flavour to overwhelm the senses. Again the best bits were saved for the replays, the night-time scheduling of which accentuated the sense of disorder.

On the main fourth-round weekend only Manchester City, paying yet another price for their absurd decision to sack Peter Reid five months earlier, fell to lower-division opposition: they lost 1-0 at Cardiff, who would finish within two points of relegation to Division Three, thanks to a sumptuous chip from Nathan Blake. Manchester City were, according to the Observer, "toweringly inept in nearly every department". That theme permeated the tournament. These were giant-killings, but not as we know them. Most victories were richly deserved, and the majority – particularly those of Luton and Bolton – were achieved by outpassing and outclassing their superiors. On the first day of fourth-round replays, Charlton were certainly decent value for their outstanding 1-0 victory away to Alan Shearer FC- sorry, Blackburn, who finished second in the league that season and won it the following year. Their joint-manager Alan Curbishley, charisma incarnate even back then, said he would have swapped it for a win at Grimsby the previous Saturday. Then, a day later, came what this paper described as the ' Day of the Mutt '.

9 February 1994 deserves to be remembered as one of the most famous in the FA Cup's history. The BBC highlights programme Sportsnight was more like an extended newsflash. Not that Sky didn't have one hand on the Cup by then. They showed live coverage of Luton's splendid 2-0 victory over Newcastle , containing a bravura performance from a svelte 18-year-old called John Hartson, who scored a lovely opening goal and demonstrated a precocious all-round talent that would take him to Arsenal the following year. It was a stunning victory by any standards, yet on page 20 of this rag 'Mighty Oakes fells Keegan' was only the third story. In second place was 'Magilton stuns Leeds into sound of silence' – Oxford, who were second bottom of Division One and would go down, won 3-2 away at Leeds in extra-time, despite the psychologically crushing blow of losing a 2-0 lead in the final three minutes of normal time – and first was 'Bolton's style now dazzles Arsenal'.

Bolton won 3-1 in extra-time at Highbury, with Arsenal, who were the FA Cup holders and would win the Cup Winners' Cup the same season, played and chased off the pitch in what was one of the classiest giantkillings of all time. In extra-time, when Arsenal's theoretically superior fitness should have told, they were unzipped with the cool efficiency of a bongo queen getting to work on her co-star's trousers. Bolton striker John McGinlay, not exactly a pasta-and-Perrier champion himself, recalls Adams on his haunches, having been run ragged all night. You can see in this video how shattered Adams is for the final goal, while an equally fatigued Lee Dixon falls over like a drunk before Andy Walker seals the tie. There was a sense of inevitability when Bolton beat a good Aston Villa side in the next round, thanks to a stunning late free-kick from Stubbs. The report of that game in this paper began simply: 'Who can stop Bolton?' As it turned out, it was themselves: in the quarter-finals, a hideous error from Mark Patterson gifted Oldham's Darren Beckford a late winner at Burnden Park.

With Charlton and Wolves – who had beaten Ipswich 2-1 at Portman Road in a fifth-round replay – also going out to Manchester United and Chelsea respectively in the quarters, Luton were the last side left holding the sling. Having drawn 0-0 at West Ham, they reached a Wembley semi-final with a stunning 3-2 victory that was again live on Sky. Scott Oakes – whose father Trevor was in Showaddywaddy and who, like Stubbs and McAteer, seemed set for a hugely exciting career – scored a wonderful hat-trick; the third in particular was brilliantly nerveless. In this paper, David Lacey wrote that Luton had played "attacking football of the highest quality". Almost inevitably, it couldn't last. Wembley was too grand a stage and they were well beaten by Chelsea, who in turn went down 4-0 to United in the final . United's story is for another day, although Mark Hughes's über-Hughes volley against Oldham in the semi-final is worth another look.

It was both earthquake and flapping of a butterfly's wings , and the most significant league goal in Cup history: it sent Oldham down and, at a stroke, got a blundering United back on track in the title race. In musical terms it was a blockbusting single – but in this FA Cup campaign it was also part of a great album. My Football Facts & Stats | FA Cup Football Stats of the round by round progress of every club who entered the competition in 1871 to the formation of the Football League. Football Stats of all the last 32 FA Cup places club by club for the inter-war period 1919-20 to 1938-39.Modern FA Cup Rounds started in 1925-26. Football Stats of all the last 32 FA Cup places club by club for the post-war years until Trevor Brooking's winner for West Ham against Arsenal in 1980.

Football Stats of all the last 32 FA Cup places club by club from Ricky Villa's 1981 FA Cup Final with Spurs to the 2015-16 competition On July 20, 1871, in the offices of The Sportsman newspaper, C. W. Alcock proposed that "a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association", giving birth to the FA Cup - the first competition in the history of World football. Four first-round matches were the first FA Cup games ever played – on November 11, 1871. The first Cup goal was scored by Clapham Rovers player Jarvis Kenrick in a 3-0 win over Upton Park (Kenrick scoring twice in the process). The following year, on March 16, 1872, Wanderers became the first winners of the FA Cup , beating Royal Engineers 1-0 at The Oval. Fifteen clubs had entered, only twelve actually played, and there were thirteen games in total. The winning goal was scored by Morton Peto Betts, who played under the pseudonym of 'A.H. Chequer'.

In 1873, Wanderers retained the title after receiving a bye to the final where they beat Oxford University to retain the Cup. The rules were changed for the following season, to help inspire teams to try and get to the final, instead of knowing who their opponents would be before they reached it. In 1876, Thomas Hughes was the first to score more than once in the final, in a replay match in which Wanderers defeated Old Etonians 3-0. In the same final, Alexander Bonsor from the losing side became the first to score in two consecutive finals (both of which his team lost). Lord Kinnaird won the Cup for a still record fifth time in 1882, three times with Wanderers and twice with the Old Etonians. Earlier in 1877, he also scored the first own goal in the final with Wanderers defeating Oxford University 2-1. But in 1883 Blackburn Olympic broke the "old order of things" to defeat Old Etonians in the final to become the first professional club to win the trophy. The win marked a turning point in the culture of the game in England.

In 1884 and 1885 Scottish side Queen's Park reached the final, the first time a non-English side had done so. They lost both times. (Scotland had had its own Scottish Cup since 1873). In 1886, Jimmy Brown of Blackburn Rovers became the first to score in three consecutive finals from 1884 to 1886 (winning all three). Blackburn Rovers also became the second club to win three consecutive FA Cups and remain the only club still in existence to win "three in a row" to this day, as Wanderers, who achieved the feat 6 years earlier, were disbanded in 1883. The following year, Aston Villa legend Archie Hunter became the first player to score in every round of the FA Cup in Villa's victorious 1887 campaign (beginning from the second round, as Villa had a bye in the first). This feat was bettered in 1901 by Sandy Brown of Tottenham Hotspur , who scored in all rounds from the first. Spurs, then members of the Southern League, became the only non-Football League club to win the trophy.

In 1888, West Bromwich Albion were the first club to win the FA Cup with a team made up of English born players. Only 3 other teams have since achieved the same feat - 1958 Bolton Wanderers, 1969 Manchester City, 1975 West Ham United. The modern cup was beginning to be established by the 1888–89 season, when qualifying rounds were introduced, with clubs competing on regional basis until only one was left for the Fourth Qualifying Round, and in the same season, the 'magic of the cup' began when Warwick County became the first non-league side to beat a First Division club on October 6, 1888, winning 2-1 away at Stoke. The first and only game to be played on Christmas Day took place, Linfield Athletic beating Cliftonville 7-0. In 1889, Preston North End became the first club to achieve the double of winning the FA Cup (beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0) and the Football League Championship in the same season. This double was even more extraordinary in that the league was won without a single defeat.

Equally impressive was that the cup was won without conceding a single goal. Such was the team's dominance that it was nicknamed "The Invincibles". William Townley scored the first hat trick in the history of the FA Cup final, in the 1890 match between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday (6-1). The record for most FA Cup wins by a player used to be five, jointly held by Charles Wollaston (Wanderers), Arthur Kinnaird (Wanderers & Old Etonians) and Jimmy Forrest (Blackburn Rovers). Arsenal & Chelsea's Ashley Cole won his seventh winners medal in 2012. Aston Villa's Bob Chatt scored the winner in the 1895 FA Cup Final after just 30 seconds and in 1897 the record score in an FA Cup tie was set when Preston North End defeated Hyde 26–0. Five companies have sponsored the FA Cup: Littlewoods (1994-1998) KryssTal : History of Arsenal [European Finals] [Other Records and Statistics] Arsenal History Arsenal began as a works team for the Woolwich Armaments.

They were founded in 1886 as Dial Square. The name soon became Woolwich Arsenal and they played their first match at Plumstead Common. They soon joined the old Second Division playing regularly against professional clubs. The problem with South London was that it was difficult to get to; attendances were therefore low. After short spell in the First Division their lack of attendances (and consequent lack of money) meant that they had mediocre players. By 1913 they were back struggling in the Second Division. There would be three turning points in the history of the club that would transform them into one of the most famous in the world. The first turning point was the move to North London. The club chairman wanted to merge Woolwich Arsenal with Fulham but that plan fell through. So a ground was found near a theological college in Highbury not far from Gillespie Road Underground station on the Piccadilly Line . Access was good from all parts of London, and the area was residential thus supplying supporters. Tottenham Hotspur, four miles away, objected to the move but were over-ruled; the South London club maintaining that there was enough potential support for both clubs.

In 1915 the move was completed and the club dropped the Woolwich from its name to become Arsenal. However, it was still an average Second Level team. In 1919 Arsenal won election to the First Division when it was expanded to 22 clubs. This was the second turning point in Arsenal's history. Since this election was at the expense of neighbours Tottenham, this set the enmity between the two clubs that lasts to this day. The 1920s saw Arsenal as an average First Division club usually finishing in the middle of the table. The third turning point in Arsenal's history occurred when Herbert Chapman was appointed manager. He had made Huddersfield Town the dominant team in the 20s. Highbury was the platform he needed to try out his new ideas. He took Arsenal to 2nd in the First Division in 1926 and to the FA Cup Final in 1927. They lost 0 - 1 to Cardiff City (the only time that the FA Cup has gone out of England). This was still the best that Arsenal had done so far in their history. It was during the 1930s that Arsenal became a football force.

Chapman built a new stadium complete with marble halls, set up under-soil heating so that matches could be played in all weathers, set up the best medical facilities in the country to treat players, and began youth schemes to train young players. His proposals to number shirts and have floodlights were rejected by the football authorities. His innovations showed he was a man ahead of his time. Tactically, Chapman was astute enough to attack the weaknesses of other teams while playing to Arsenal's strengths. Outside of football, Chapman, had the tube station's name changed to Arsenal. Chapman made Arsenal the most successful and richest club in the country. Everybody wanted to beat them. In 1930 Arsenal won their first trophy, the FA Cup, beating Chapman's old club, Huddersfield Town, 2 - 0. In 1931, Arsenal became the first London club to win the First Division Championship. They set up a new points total which was not bettered for 30 years. In 1932, Arsenal almost became the first club this Century to win both the FA Cup and the League.

They finished 2nd in both, losing the FA Cup Final 1 - 2 to Newcastle United. In 1933, 1934, 1935 Arsenal were Champions, one of only three clubs to win three consecutive Championships. They had their upsets however: in 1933 they lost a cup game to Walsall of the old Third Division, a team that cost less than Arsenal's boots. Chapman died during this period, but he is considered to have been the first modern football manager. In 1934, England played an international game with seven Arsenal players, still a record. 1936 saw a second FA Cup win (1 - 0 against Sheffield United). During that season, Ted Drake set a record by scoring 7 goals in an away game at Aston Villa. A fourth Championship was captured in 1938 before World War II stopped competitive football for six years. In 1947, professional football resumed but the ravages of war left Arsenal weaker. They were almost relegated from the top division. They rallied in 1948 leading from start to finish to capture their fifth Championship.

Towards the end of that season, a match against second placed Manchester United attracted over 82,000 people. That remains the highest ever attendance for a league game in England. 1950 saw a third FA Cup win (2 - 0 against Liverpool). Arsenal won the Cup without leaving London. They were back at Wembley in 1952 but lost 0 - 1 to Newcastle United after an injury. This was in the days before substitutes were allowed. In 1953, a win in the final match gave Arsenal their 7th Championship, then a record. They finished equal on points to Preston North End but had scored more goals! The next 17 years were barren for Arsenal followers. The lack of trophies was made worse by the fact that Tottenham had their golden period between 1960 and 1967. During those years Tottenham became the first club this century to win the FA Cup and League in the same season (1961), retained the Cup in 1962, became the first English club to win one of the new European trophies (1963), and won the FA Cup again in 1967.

In 1961 the League Cup had started. Arsenal reached the final of this trophy (called the Micky Mouse Cup by some!) in 1968 but lost 0 - 1 to Leeds United. A year later they returned to the final and faced Third Division Swindon Town. Arsenal were hot favourites. In fact they lost 1 - 3 after extra time. A flu virus was partially blamed but this was Arsenal's lowest point in recent times. Little did they know that it was to be the beginning of a new golden age. Although they'd won nothing, Arsenal had finished high enough in the League to qualify for the one of the European competitions that had began during the late 1950s. In the end they won the European Fairs Cup by beating one of Belgium's best sides, Anderlecht, over two games. Arsenal lost 1 - 3 in Belgium but a packed Highbury saw their team win 3 - 0 to take their first trophy for 17 years. 1971 was a classic year for Arsenal.

One Monday in May, thousands were locked out of Tottenham's ground as Arsenal won 1 - 0 in the final League game of the season. This result allowed Arsenal to overhaul Leeds United and take their eighth Championship. Five days later they came from behind to beat Liverpool 2 - 1 in the FA Cup Final to become only the second club this Century to 'do the double'. A year later, Arsenal returned to Wembley but lost 0 - 1 to a Leeds United side looking for revenge. Arsenal reached the FA Cup Final in three consecutive years during the 70s, the first time a club had done so this Century. The first Final was lost 0 - 1 to Ipswich Town, the second won 3 - 2 against Manchester United, the third lost 0 - 1 to West Ham United after a gruelling four match semi-final against Liverpool. Most disappointing of all was what happened after the 1980 Final. Arsenal had also reached the final of the Cup Winners Cup, another European competition. The game was against the Spanish club, Valencia. It ended 0 - 0 after extra time and Arsenal lost on penalties. The early 80s were quiet.

In 1986 George Graham became manager of Arsenal. He turned out to be Arsenal's most successful manager. In 1987, Arsenal finally won the League Cup (by this time called the Littlewoods Cup). They beat old rivals Tottenham in the semi-final, and came from behind to take the final 2 - 1 against Liverpool. 1988 saw Arsenal squander a 2 - 1 lead to lose 3 - 2 against Luton Town. In 1989, Arsenal went to Liverpool for the final game of the season needing to win by two clear goals to be Champions. Leading by only a goal, as Liverpool began to celebrate, Arsenal scored a last minute goal to win 2 - 0 and snatch the Championship from under the noses of the Liverpool supporters. Two years later (1991), Arsenal lost only one League game (a record for the 20th Century) to take their 10th Championship with a frustrated Liverpool finishing second. Only Liverpool have the won the Championship more times.

In 1993 Arsenal completed a unique cup double by becoming the only club to win the League Cup (now called the Coca Cola Cup) and the FA Cup in one season. They won both finals by 2 - 1 against Sheffield Wednesday, the winning goal in the FA Cup coming in the last minute of extra time. Their appearance in 12 FA Cup Finals was a record. 1994 saw Arsenal win their second European trophy, beating the Italian club Parma, 1 - 0 in Copenhagan. They reached the 1995 final only to lose 1 - 2 to a last minute goal against Real Zaragosa. By this time George Graham had left under a cloud. Arsene Wenger became Arsenal's first foreign manager in 1996. In 1998, Arsenal completed the double for the second time in their history. Coming from 12 points behind, Arsenal won ten games on the trot to beat Manchester United to the championship. In the FA Cup final Arsenal beat Newcastle United by 2 - 0. The following year they finished second in the League and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup.

In 2000 Arsenal again finished second in the League and reached the final of the UEFA Cup. They lost on penalties to the Turkish club, Galatasaray after a 0 - 0 draw. A year later they finished second in the League for the third year running and played in the FA Cup final in Cardiff, losing to Liverpool, 1 - 2. In 2002 Arsenal returned to Cardiff to win the FA Cup 2 - 0 against Chelsea. A few days later a 1 - 0 win at Manchester United gave Arsenal their 12th Championship and their third double. They completed an entire season without losing away, a feat not done since 1889. They couldn't quite retain the Championship in 2003, finishing second after a promising start. They did retain the FA Cup beating Southampton 1 - 0 in their third successive final. In 2004, Arsenal won the Championship and went through the entire league season (38 games) unbeaten. They completed a record-breaking run of 49 unbeaten league matches which began from the penultimate game of the 2003 season and ended on the ninth match of 2005.

It was not enough to retain the League but another FA Cup was won, on penalties against Manchester United. A year later Arsenal became the first London club to reach the final of the European Cup. In 2007 and 2011 the club reached League Cup finals but lost them both. The FA Cup was won in 2014 with a 3 - 2 win after being 0 - 2 down. The FA Cup was retained in 2015 with a comprehensive 4 - 0 win over Aston Villa. Arsenal finished second in the League in 2016. In the League, Arsenal's 90 consecutive years in the top division is a League record. The Arsenal Record Arsenal FC: Tony Adams drops Steve Morrow in the 1993 League Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday | talkSPORT Arsenal FC: Tony Adams drops Steve Morrow in the 1993 League Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday Steve Morrow broke his arm after Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday in 1993 Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal is live on talkSPORT at 7.45pm on Tuesday 27 October.

The 1993 Coca-Cola Cup final is a match better remembered for the celebrations on the pitch, rather than the football . In that year, Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday in the finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup, with Steve Morrow the hero in the latter final, scoring the winning goal at Wembley. When the final whistle sounded, Gunners captain Tony Adams attempted to lift the midfielder on to his shoulders, but dropped him to the turf. Having broken his arm, Morrow was rushed to hospital strapped with an oxygen mask as he left the pitch, while his team-mates went up the Wembley steps to collect the cup. He eventually received his winner's medal ahead of the FA Cup final a month later, with Wednesday defeated again – this time after a replay – when another another unlikely Arsenal hero, Andy Linighan, scored a last minute winner.

FA Cup Final: Manchester United have looked lost and Crystal Palace must hurt them, says Steve Coppell | London Evening Standard FA Cup Final: Manchester United have looked lost and Crystal Palace must hurt them, says Steve Coppell Friday 20 May 2016 11:01 BST Wide men: Coppell believes Palace's winger could hold the key to Cup Final success (OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images) Alan Pardew and his old mentor Steve Coppell are determined to exorcise the memory of the last time Crystal Palace played Manchester United at Wembley. Pardew and Coppell came so close to winning the FA Cup in 1990 and, 26 years on, the pair have joined forces again in an attempt to make amends for that defeat. Coppell has been brought in by Pardew (both pictured below) to help create an upset against United, something Palace managers both past and present believe is possible. Pardew said: “This United team are not as good as the one we faced all those years ago and this Palace team are better. “They have more individuality and can create more magic moments than that team I was in. So our chance is better.

We might have to control this game by being sound defensively, not letting them open us up and then hurting them on the break. Crystal Palace vs Manchester United- FA Cup Final: Goals and highlights from the road to Wembley “Having possession and hurting them when we can. Creating pressure. The opportunity to go one better as a manager than I did as a player is unique really and I hope we can deliver.” The move to bring back Coppell is not a sentimental gesture. Pardew has sent the 60-year-old to watch United on scouting missions and leaned on his experience. Coppell, who starred for United as a player, has not been totally convinced by the team under Louis van Gaal, who is bidding to salvage something from a campaign in which there have been questions over his future at the club. “At times they have looked lost,” said Coppell. “The philosophy that Van Gaal was going on about earlier in the season was difficult to identify. But by accident or design, I would not like to say which, at the moment they are effective.

“Take away the West Ham game last week and they seem to have hit on a style of play that suits their players and it has made them more dangerous.” Coppell has been at the Palace training ground this week and is impressed by the qualities he sees in the side. He believes there are similarities between the mentality of the squad and his team in 1990. “We were there because of hard work and commitment and all those players felt they had something to prove,” he said. “They were hungry and there are shades of that same mentality in Alan’s side now. You can sense they are determined to take their chance. Crystal Palace 1990 FA Cup Players - Where are they now? Crystal Palace 1990 FA Cup Players - Where are they now? 1/14 GK Nigel Martyn Nigel Martyn went on to play for Leeds and Everton, while making 23 appearances for the England national side. Since retiring, he has revived his interest in cricket, playing for Old Modernians in the Wetherby League.

Joe Root cheekily tweeted Martyn criticising his batting stance after the Yorkshire Evening Post ran a picture of the former goalkeeper on his way to 50 Simon Bruty/Allsport/Getty Images 2/14 RB John Pemberton The defender suffered more Wembley heartache in the 1996 League Cup Final while with Leeds before ending his playing career at Crewe. Pemberton broke into coaching at Nottingham Forest, where he led the reserve team, before joining Palace's coaching staff in 2010 as Paul Hart led the administration-hit club to Championship survival. The 51-year-old is currently enjoying his second spell as interim manager at Bristol City. Dan Smith/Allsport/Getty Images 3/14 CB Gary O'Reilly Scorer of the first goal in the 1990 FA Cup Final, Gary O'Reilly went back to rivals Brighton and ended his playing days a year later. Now a broadcaster, O'Reilly has worked for Trans World International and Sky Sports, and presents for Global TV. The 55-year-old also co-commentates on Premier League football for overseas audiences and writes a blog called 'Three Left Feet'.

Rex 4/14 FW Mark Bright Bright suffered Wembley heartache twice more with Sheffield Wednesday after leaving Palace, losing another FA Cup Final and the League Cup Final. He became a BBC football pundit after retiring in 1999 and joined the Palace academy as a coach in 2009. He is now an ambassador for the club and led their search for a young Indian football star in 2014. Talking about the prospect of Palace cup success, Bright said: "People talk about us [1990 team] even now; yeah, it was an epic game, but we lost it. Winning the Cup would be great for Alan Pardew as well." David Cannon/Allsport/Getty Images 5/14 CB Andy Thorn The 1990 Final was Thorn's second after lifting the cup with Wimbledon in 1988 and he returned for a second stint with the Dons in 1994; the defender later retired while at Tranmere. After a spell as Coventry boss in 2011, Andy Thorn managed Kidderminster Harriers for two months in 2014 before being axed.

Thorn is now a senior scout at West Brom and he helped Mel Johnson draw up their transfer targets last summer, when Rickie Lambert, Salomon Rondon and Jonny Evans were among those to arrive. 6/14 LB Richard Shaw The Palace academy graduate made over 200 appearances for the Eagles and it was he who Eric Cantona thrashed out at before launching a kung-fu kick on Palace supporter Matthew Simmons. Shaw ended his career at Millwall, where he was handed a coaching role before being appointed head coach of the U16s at Crystal Palace. “Now I have come full circle,” he said last year. “So I say to young lads: ‘Enjoy it while you can, because it goes so quick’." Simon Bruty/Allsport/Getty Images 7/14 RM Phil Barber Phil Barber ended his career at 38 in non-league football and went on to work for Wimbledon’s academy and community department. Their controversial move to Milton Keynes ended his ties with the club in 2002 so he coached football in Croydon schools before turning to gardening following his retirement from football.

Ben Radford/Allsport/Getty Images 8/14 CM Geoff Thomas Helped Palace secure their best-ever top flight finish of third the season following the FA Cup Final and was rewarded with an England call-up. Thomas went on to represent his country nine times and ended his career back at Crewe, the club from which he joined Palace in 1987. He was given just months to live after being diagnosed with Leukaemia a year after retiring from football in 2003 and set up the Geoff Thomas Foundation. Now 51, he has beaten the illness and hopes to raise £2million by the end of 2016. David Cannon/Allsport/Getty Images 9/14 CM Alan Pardew After FA Cup Final defeat with Palace, Pardew had spells at Charlton and Tottenham and was later appointed caretaker boss at Reading after hanging up his boots in 1998. He went on to manage West Ham, Charlton, Southampton and Newcastle before returning to Selhurst Park.

Pardew, who previously led the Hammers to the 2006 FA Cup final, helped Palace to a top-half Premier League finish last term and has urged his players to banish the demons of 1990 on Saturday. David Cannon/Allsport/Getty Images 10/14 CM Andy Gray Andy Gray delivered the corner which Andy Thorn flicked on for Alan Pardew to head Palace into the 1990 FA Cup Final. The midfielder was called up to the England national team by Graham Taylor but made just one appearance in a Euro '92 qualifier against Poland. Since retiring he spent a brief spell in charge of the the Sierra Leone national team in 2006, during which he 'got into the oil business'. Gray is now talent-spotting young players. David Cannon/Allsport/Getty Images 11/14 LM John Salako John Salako earnt five England caps while at Palace and went on to make over 200 appearnaces for the club. The midfielder Juggled media duties at Sky Sports with his role alongside Mark Bright coaching Palace's U16s as he sought a full-time coaching role after retirement.

And his break came when he teamed up with Alan Pardew for Julian Speroni's testimonial last summer; the reunion led to the Palace boss offering Salako the role of first-team coach following Ben Garner's departure to West Brom. Ben Radford/Allsport/Getty Images 12/14 SUB Ian Wright Wright (third left) came off the bench to score two in the 1990 FA Cup Final and won his first England cap while with the Eagles. He remains the club's leading post-war goalscorer with 117 goals, but is better-remembered for his time with Arsenal, where he won one league title, two FA Cups and one League Cup, scoring 185 goals. He now presents for BBC Radio Five Live and undertakes punditry duties for both BBC and BT Sport. Crystal Palace FC 13/14 SUB David Madden Madden spent a season at Maidstone United after the 1990 FA Cup Final, but injury blighted his career and he opted to retire after eight knee operations. He briefly took the assitant manager post at Maidstone before turning to real estate and he currently manages over 500 properties.

David Cannon/Allsport/Getty Images 14/14 Manager: Steve Coppell Steve Coppell led the Eagles to the Zenith Data Systems Cup and a record third-place finish in the top flight in 1992 but stood down the following season after the club's form fell away. He later returned to Selhurst Park as director of football, chief scout and again manager, leading the club to promotion in 1997. Coppell also had stints in charge at Manchester City, Brentford, Brighton, Reading and Bristol City before taking on director of football roles at Crawley then Portsmouth. Bob Thomas/Getty Images “Alan has spoken about belief. Players will look each other in the eye in the dressing-room before a game and know the phonies who are saying, ‘We can do this’ without actually believing it. “Going into this game there has got to be a game plan that means the players in that dressing room before the game know they can do it.” Comparisons can also be made about the style of play.

The team back then thrived on the width provided by Pardew and John Salako and Coppell believes the wings is where Palace can hurt United most through Wilfried Zaha and Yannick Bolasie. “The team have real penetration from wide areas,” added Coppell. “Which has always been my way. I am glad Alan has taken that on. The Palace faithful have a real empathy for wide play and crosses coming in. “If you look at the quality players that Palace have in an attacking sense, they will create a real threat.” Pardew hopes his players seize the moment. He knows an opportunity like this may never come around again for this group of players. “You can only deliver your best performance and hope that Lady Luck shines on you,” he said. “Sir Alex Ferguson always told me a lot of what happened to him was luck. You do need a little bit of that. “The FA Cup Final is just different from every other game. Everybody is coming, your family and friends. It is a worldwide audience and you know the prize at the end of it. “It is just a special feeling.

I have told the players to soak it up because these weeks do not come around very often.” Pardew is hoping to become only the third English manager to lift the FA Cup in the Premier League era. The last man to do it was Harry Redknapp with Portsmouth in 2008 and before him Joe Royle with Everton in 1995. Pardew knows there is a lack of silverware on his managerial record — he was a runner-up with West Ham in the FA Cup Final of 2006 — and that is something he wants to change. “It is difficult to win major trophies,” he said. “I’ll probably never manage an Arsenal or a Chelsea where you have a more realistic chance of winning a cup. “I’ve been at teams where it has been difficult to win trophies.

Here I have a second chance [as a manager] to win the FA Cup and I want to take it.” More about: GGM 33: Adams clinches Cup win over Spurs | Greatest 50 Moments | History | Arsenal.com Tony Adams scores the winner in the 1993 FA Cup Semi-Final GGM 33: Adams clinches Cup win over Spurs FA Cup Semi-Finals are passionate affairs at the best of times. Throw in a fierce local rivalry and one team's desire for revenge and the game becomes about much more than a shot at the trophy. In 1993 both semis were held at Wembley for the first time, and Arsenal were pitted against arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Ironically, the other tie also threw up a derby as Sheffield Wednesday took on steel city neighbours Sheffield United. For Arsenal and their fans, memories of a Semi-Final defeat to Spurs just two years earlier were still gnawing away. A 3-1 defeat that season had denied the Gunners a place in the Final, and a crack at the Double, and the sight of their North London counterparts going on to beat Nottingham Forest and parade the trophy had rubbed salt in the wounds.

This time Arsenal, who had already won the League Cup at the expense of Wednesday, were expected to triumph. Teddy Sheringham was playing as a lone striker for a Tottenham side who had dropped to mid-table having been off the pace all season. Yet the game proved to be a tepid affair and with 11 minutes on the clock the two sides remained deadlocked. That was all set to change though as the Gunners were awarded a free-kick out on the right. Paul Merson arrowed a pinpoint delivery towards the far post and it was captain Tony Adams who stormed in on the blind side to power a header past keeper Eric Thorstvedt. The goal sparked joyous celebrations which were only eclipsed at the sound of the full-time whistle. In the other Semi-Final Wednesday saw off the Blades to set up a repeat of the League Cup Final. For the second time that season Arsenal came out on top, winning a replay 2-1 courtesy of strikes from Ian Wright and Andy Linighan. It was Tottenham's turn to wonder what could have been.

A Day In Time: April 4, 1993 Flash Player is required Willy Caballero: Man City keeper 'deserved' League Cup final - BBC Sport BBC Sport Willy Caballero: Man City keeper 'deserved' League Cup final 29 Feb Read more about sharing. Manchester City have now won four of their five League Cup finals (1970, 1976, 2014 and 2016) Manchester City goalkeeper Willy Caballero says he has repaid manager Manuel Pellegrini's trust in him with his Capital One Cup heroics at Wembley. The Argentine saved three Liverpool spot-kicks as City won the final 3-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Caballero, 34, was criticised after a 5-1 FA Cup fifth-round loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge a week earlier. "It is well deserved for me to play this final," Caballero, picked ahead of first-choice Joe Hart, told BBC Sport.

More on the League Cup final Listen: Caballero is a City legend now - Noel Gallagher Caballero has started just four Premier League games since moving to the Etihad from Malaga in July 2014. He had started every round of the League Cup this season and boss Pellegrini said he would rather have lost the final than drop Caballero. The former Boca Juniors keeper kept out penalties by Lucas, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana after the game had ended all square after 120 minutes. "It was incredible. To save three penalties and win a trophy is amazing," added Caballero. "I enjoyed this a lot because it was hard work for me. "It was the decision of the manager to put me in the starting line-up and now I can return his confidence in me." Manchester City manager Willy Caballero keeps out Adam Lallana's penalty Pellegrini said he never planned to reinstate England international Hart, who has played in 24 of City's 26 Premier League games this season, against Liverpool. "I would prefer to lose a title than lose my word," said the City boss. "My word is more important than football.

"We deserved to win the game before penalties, but I'm happy to win it that way with Willy as a great hero. "Maybe most of the media were waiting for him to make a mistake and criticise my decision but I promised he would play both cups. "He had to play against Chelsea with a young team so he conceded five goals. But I never lost trust in him because I know how good a player he is." 'FA Cup decision linked to cup win' The League Cup was Manuel Pellegrini's last chance to win silverware at Wembley as Manchester City boss before he leaves in the summer Pellegrini had fielded a weakened side against Chelsea in the FA Cup, mindful of a midweek trip to Dynamo Kiev in the last 16 of the Champions League as well as Sunday's final. He was rewarded with two victories, and the 62-year-old Chilean added: "I took a difficult decision last week not to continue in the FA Cup. "That decision received a lot of criticism but, as a manager, I have to make a decision that is the best for the team.

"I am sure the wins in the Champions League and against Liverpool were absolutely linked in with the decision not to expose 13 players to three games in a week, because we are not able to do that." 'City not giving up on the league' City face Liverpool again on Wednesday, this time at Anfield in the Premier League (kick off 20:00 GMT). Leicester's win against Norwich on Saturday means Pellegrini's side trail the league leaders by nine points. "We are not giving up on the Premier League," said Pellegrini, who will be replaced by Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola at the end of the season. "All teams will lose points so we will continue, try to win the next game against Liverpool and go until the end." Share this page

Question: In 1993 which football team lost in both the FA Cup Final and League Cup Final?
Answer: SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY